The Bradford and Bingley HQ right smack bang in the middle of Bingley town centre outlived it's welcome by a number of years, thankfully now demolished!
The Tricorn in Portsmouth was the same. I saw it about three years before it was demolished, and it was pretty much abandoned, but again I bet it was very impressive when it was built.I'm sure it was, but unfortunately like a number of these buildings, it has been neglected. In the case of Cumbernauld, bits have been pulled down, certain phases never built. It's a mish mash now.
Stuff like Preston bus station look very classicSame here. Brutalism gets a lot of unnecessary hate.
The Tricorn in Portsmouth was the same. I saw it about three years before it was demolished, and it was pretty much abandoned, but again I bet it was very impressive when it was built.
Indeed.Same here. Brutalism gets a lot of unnecessary hate.
I quite like it.so I suppose there's a slim chance that those big iron bars are temporary for structural support or something, but if not it's appalling.
I'd love to have seen it when it was new. I imagine it was rather fresh and exciting.
Me too. The building would be bland and boxy without the bars.I quite like it.
Yep, stop this thread just now. Cumbernauld Town Centre can simply not be beaten.I'm surprised no-one else has brought this one up. Cumbernauld Town Centre. Picture from Wikipedia
Yep, stop this thread just now. Cumbernauld Town Centre can simply not be beaten.
Design.is the issue there neglect or design?
Looks like two completely different buildings!The Brown & Root Tower in Colliers Wood, South London, used to look particularly hideous. It's been tarted up and looks somewhat better nowadays.
https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/resources/images/7067950/
Both.is the issue there neglect or design?
... Very soviet looking ...
The Brown & Root Tower in Colliers Wood, South London, used to look particularly hideous. It's been tarted up and looks somewhat better nowadays.
https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/resources/images/7067950/
Me wonders how much you've been in the [former] Soviet bloc.
To my mind, these look far better than most 'over there' - they are certainly in better nick.
I have always felt that the Shard was built to get the highest building in Europe award, and it has no real claim to elegance. The Gherkin is a far more attractive and interesting structure but it seems to have been passed by because the Shard beat it in the numbers game.Am I weird in that I really don't like the Shard ? The glass building look is really hard to pull off. It's either really beautiful or a horrific mess. Sometimes I just feel it's lazy design, although, I'm sure they are architecturally and structurally brilliant.
http://www.esg.glass/esg-news/article/esgs-top-10-favourite-glass-buildings has a 'top 10' list of the more iconic ones.
#9 The Great Glass House (Carmarthenshire, Wales) looks like an eyesore.
The top of The Shard still looks unfinished.
I have always felt that the Shard was built to get the highest building in Europe award, and it has no real claim to elegance. The Gherkin is a far more attractive and interesting structure but it seems to have been passed by because the Shard beat it in the numbers game.